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God’s plan and His ways of working out His plan are frequently beyond our ability to fathom and understand. We must learn to trust when we don’t understand.
Jerry Bridges
Logographer
Word. Word elaborating on the first word. Word relating the first two words together. A nuanced and poignant question? Another question, but this one is merely rhetorical. We all know the answer, and if you have to ask it's already too late for you.
Compelling and obvious conclusion based on previous statements that offers no new information. Large commentary on the general state of culture and society. Complain about decay and the failure of the present to perfectly replicate the past. Point to a specific component of the past that was better, but without context. This thing is no longer accessible in the present, but promise that it can still be achieved in the future. Address a common criticism leveled against yourself, and then completely ignore that criticism by talking instead about your greatest strength. Don't misunderstand. It will be clear if you listen closely enough.
Mention money. There is never enough, but assure them there can be more. There must be more out there, and there would be more if it wasn't being wasted by the wasters. Hard work, people work every day. Individual work can be aggregated into collective work, and that makes everyone better off. But mostly, it makes individuals better off, and you are an individual, I'm an individual. We're all individuals. We collectively experience collectivity as individual individuals. This is important. Repeat it because it is important: We collectively experience collectivity as individual individuals. Think about this some more. It's really quite profound, if you think about it.
Cite a statistic that you made up on the spot. There's so many. The number, it's either too high or too low, or at the very least it's surprising. This number shows us something important about the state of the world right now. The things that I do, and the things you do, they are all important and matter. It's important to be critical of those who are wrong and listen to the right people without questioning them. Look at this crustacean. This one is monogamous. This other one reproduces via group orgies. This one reproduces parthogenetically, there are no males and all the females and produce offspring genetically identical to themselves. These crustaceans wear rubber bands on their hands so that they won't hurt anyone with their snippy little hands. Ow! There are many, but I'll pick one that is convenient. Remember the crisis? Look at this crustacean. Now back at the crisis. Now back at the crustacean. You see? Ancestry. Everything is natural, but some things are more natural than others, especially if I like them. This is the way the world would be if it didn’t keep getting deviated.
This is no time for humor, or satire, or jokes. This is an emergency. It's urgent. There's no time to waste. We have to be concise and to the point, not meandering on and on, rambling, adding more and more details to a basic and banal claim while speaking in sentence structures that are honestly confusing and make the ideas harder to understand instead of easier if you really start trying to follow along you'll get confused after some time but hopefully no one notices.
Thank you for listening to me speak. Please subscribe, like, donate. Give me your blood plasma. Bitcoin is also accepted. It's an honor to be here and serve this wonderful crowd of people. You know, everyone else out there, they are telling lies, they are trying to confuse you. Look into my eyes and I will show you the truth. The truth will set you free. I will set you free. I wrote a book, check it out when you get a chance.
My truths will set you free. Listen to the soothing sound of my voice. Listen to the rhythm, the metre, the timbre. Follow me to Hamelin. Follow me into the sea.
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Yes!!!! Sweet Baby Jesus!!!! I will see Frank in my lifetime!!!!
@jerseycock
2016-06-21
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Such a crazy cast, here. Every zany thread of this haphazard tapestry contributing to overall incomprehensibility, strange and beautiful. And learning to love the broken ones- the frayed, the thin & weak, the warped, even when they lash out... Every day is a new kind of challenge as we intermingle & cocreate & weave ourselves closer together. Stronger- together. This is a family, first and foremost.
We do what we do because we’ve all grown to love it. Sleepless nights; haggard, caffeine-fueled days; all worth it because this is the most vibrant, accepting community we’ve ever encountered. We couldn’t leave it if we tried, and it takes being forced for the scant few that do to part ways, ever unwilling.
I’ve seen lifelong friendships blossom - hell, I should know - professional connections forged, lasting lessons taught, and more than anything else, children grow. Of their own accord, too, for the most part; they might need our help to get a running start, but then they pick up speed, and then they fly. TDI lets you find your own way, and build the confidence to hurtle headlong down that path.
I am who I am thanks to those who came before me & brought that experience to life for me; taught me to open my hands & my heart and hold it. Cherish it. Believe in it, and believe in myself, and believe in this camp.
There is often too much in this world, in a number of different senses. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed and give up in the face of that adversity. But I’ve been helped to understand that it’s better to stand tall and hold your chin up high, even in the hardest of times- because with people like these in your corner, anything is possible.